My system is 7.2.1511. When I run "yum update", it wants to install about 900 packages total. Most are labeled just "el7". A few "el7_1" and a lot are "el7_3" or 7.3. None are 7.2. I'm not surprised when I see 50-100 packages needing an update. But 900? And none specific to the installed system? My last update, of 4 packages, was Dec 31, 2016. I first noted the current behavior about 10 days later and have been trying to figure out why such an unusual report. Any suggestions? Jon -- Jon H. LaBadie jon at jgcomp.com 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (703) 935-6720 (C)
On 01/26/2017 06:00 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:> My system is 7.2.1511. > > When I run "yum update", it wants to install about > 900 packages total. Most are labeled just "el7". > A few "el7_1" and a lot are "el7_3" or 7.3. > None are 7.2. > > I'm not surprised when I see 50-100 packages needing > an update. But 900? And none specific to the > installed system? > > My last update, of 4 packages, was Dec 31, 2016. > I first noted the current behavior about 10 days later > and have been trying to figure out why such an unusual > report. >CentOS 7 is the release .. point releases (7.0.1406, 7.1.1503, 7.2.1511, 7.3.1611), are 'point in time' snapshots of the CentOS 7 tree. CentOS has no mechanism to stay on 7.2.1511 when 7.3.1611 has been released. 7.3 and 7.2 are really just CentOS-7 with updates. The update you are seeing is the CentOS-7 tree after we finished releasing all the 7.3.1611 packages (and updates to 7.3.1611) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20170126/3b7e5510/attachment-0001.sig>
On 1/26/2017 4:00 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote:> My system is 7.2.1511. > > When I run "yum update", it wants to install about > 900 packages total. Most are labeled just "el7". > A few "el7_1" and a lot are "el7_3" or 7.3. > None are 7.2. > > I'm not surprised when I see 50-100 packages needing > an update. But 900? And none specific to the > installed system?yum update of any centos 7 system updates it to the latest centos 7, whihc is currently 7.3. there's no such thing as 7.2 updates once 7.3 has come out. the files that say 7.1 haven't been updated since 7.1, but are still applicable to the latest. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz
On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 06:08:45PM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote:> On 01/26/2017 06:00 PM, Jon LaBadie wrote: > > My system is 7.2.1511. > > > > When I run "yum update", it wants to install about > > 900 packages total. Most are labeled just "el7". > > A few "el7_1" and a lot are "el7_3" or 7.3. > > None are 7.2. > > > > I'm not surprised when I see 50-100 packages needing > > an update. But 900? And none specific to the > > installed system? > > > > My last update, of 4 packages, was Dec 31, 2016. > > I first noted the current behavior about 10 days later > > and have been trying to figure out why such an unusual > > report. > > > > CentOS 7 is the release .. point releases (7.0.1406, 7.1.1503, 7.2.1511, > 7.3.1611), are 'point in time' snapshots of the CentOS 7 tree. > > CentOS has no mechanism to stay on 7.2.1511 when 7.3.1611 has been > released. 7.3 and 7.2 are really just CentOS-7 with updates. > > The update you are seeing is the CentOS-7 tree after we finished > releasing all the 7.3.1611 packages (and updates to 7.3.1611) >On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 04:11:16PM -0800, John R Pierce wrote:> > yum update of any centos 7 system updates it to the latest centos 7, whihc > is currently 7.3. there's no such thing as 7.2 updates once 7.3 has come > out. the files that say 7.1 haven't been updated since 7.1, but are still > applicable to the latest.Thanks Johnny and John. And here I thought I had asked to upgrade to 7.2 a year ago. A 900 package update is a concern for a computer our home relies upon to be there daily. Thus my caution. Jon -- Jon H. LaBadie jon at jgcomp.com 11226 South Shore Rd. (703) 787-0688 (H) Reston, VA 20190 (703) 935-6720 (C)